Rocks
2019 · 94 min · Director: Sarah Gavron
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Shola (Bukky Bakray), or Rocks, as she's known, lives in a London council flat with her younger brother Emmanuel (D'angelou Osei Kissiedu) and their single mother. Mum is busy and stressed, leaving Rocks to spend all her free time with school friends. One day, she comes home to find her life radically altered: she is suddenly on her own with a child to take care of. Gavron could easily have steered Rocks into miserabilism, but delivers instead a surprising portrait of resilience. Rocks is mercurial, impulsive, and deeply sensitive - not unusual for her age, she sometimes makes desperately poor decisions, for what look to her like good reasons. When her closest friend Sumaya (Kosar Ali) tries to help, Rocks doesn't know how to accept it, blinded by Sumaya's two-parent household and relative comfort.
Emotional fingerprint
Rocks (2019) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Anxiety 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Anxiety, Sadness. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Anxiety and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.
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Emotional journey
- Empathy
- Sadness
- Anxiety
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Anxiety
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Sadness | Anxiety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Humor | 55 % | 20 % | 2 % | 2 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Humor | 56 % | 29 % | 13 % | 15 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Empathy | 57 % | 46 % | 30 % | 36 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Empathy | 58 % | 56 % | 40 % | 43 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Empathy | 59 % | 59 % | 44 % | 39 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Empathy | 59 % | 55 % | 38 % | 40 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Anxiety | 60 % | 51 % | 31 % | 50 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Anxiety | 65 % | 58 % | 41 % | 56 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Sadness | 63 % | 58 % | 45 % | 49 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Humor | 55 % | 49 % | 33 % | 38 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Humor | 59 % | 53 % | 35 % | 38 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Empathy | 68 % | 63 % | 48 % | 51 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Anxiety | 71 % | 65 % | 50 % | 65 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Anxiety | 76 % | 70 % | 56 % | 75 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Anxiety | 84 % | 79 % | 70 % | 80 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Sadness | 84 % | 80 % | 74 % | 66 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Empathy | 75 % | 71 % | 50 % | 39 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Hope | 75 % | 69 % | 35 % | 28 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Empathy | 76 % | 64 % | 41 % | 27 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Hope | 68 % | 47 % | 35 % | 22 % |
Man in a hole
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Emmanuel
Roshé
Khadijah
Yawa
Sabina
Funke Omotoso
Ismail
Mohammed
Lara
Vicky
Anna
Mo
Ahmed
Reg
Details
- Directed by
- Sarah Gavron
- Written by
- Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2019
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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